Brook and Meadow

John Singer Sargent

ca. 1907 · Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on white wove paper · The American Wing

Watercolor was well suited to Sargent’s fluid painting technique and his longstanding interest in depicting water. Sargent transforms his pigments into a flowing stream with expressive brushstrokes and dashes of blue paint, which ripple across the surface of his composition to suggest the gentle movement of the current.

Artist

John Singer Sargent

Date

ca. 1907

Medium

Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on white wove paper

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. Francis Ormond, 1950